$10,000 bail set for child rape suspect

A Bourne man was indicted Friday in Barnstable Superior Court on charges related to the alleged rape of a child.

STEVE DOANE

BARNSTABLE — A Bourne man was indicted Friday in Barnstable Superior Court on charges related to the alleged rape of a child.

Ronald J. Fernandes, 36, was indicted on one count of statutory rape of a child and indecent assault and battery on a child younger than 14, among other charges, according to court records.

The charges stem from an alleged series of sexual assaults on a young female victim in January and early February, according to court records.

Although the indictment narrows the time frame of the alleged incidents, Fernandes was arraigned in Falmouth District Court in March on a series of rape charges between September 2009 and February 2012.

He was ordered held on $10,000 bail.

More information wasn't available because police reports from the incidents were removed from the file at Falmouth District Court, per court policy, and were not in a file at Barnstable Superior Court.